[June 04, 2014]In
May I wrote an article published in the Lincoln Daily News about the
President's oath that required him to uphold the Constitution of the
United States. In that article I wrote, "The President's
responsibility is to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States.' The President of the United States is
required as a 'High Office' to speak the truth in all matters and is
held accountable to do so throughout the length of that individual's
term in the Office of President."

Further, I wrote, "The use of the word 'high crimes' does not necessarily
mean a crime that is 'more serious' than other crimes. It refers to those
punishable offenses that can only be applied to persons in the highest of
offices. In the case of the President, because of the official status under
which that person holds the office, the standard is meant for that person
who holds special obligations that the ordinary person is not under.
Examples might be the action, or inaction, taken by the person in such high
office."

Finally, "Some might argue that specific actions taken by the President
might be seen as 'high crimes' if those actions involved the President's
actual knowledge of the dangers of the action and the likely consequences or
outcomes of the action relative to the action being a direct threat to the
welfare of the citizens of the United States. For example, if the President
had prior knowledge of how a subversive group would use various weapons or
instruments of war, and that use constituted a direct attack on the
sovereignty of the United States with the likely outcome being the death of
American citizens, following through with providing such weapons or
instruments of war to that subversive group could be construed as committing
'high crimes.'"

It seems evident now that the President decided without the consultation
from Congressional input that he in fact did release from security five
"instruments of war" by releasing the prisoners back to the Taliban that
will in the future likely result in a "direct attack on the sovereignty of
the United States with the likely outcome being the death of American
citizens." This constitutes committing "high crimes." This is especially
true when on 6/3/2014 while the President was in Poland he made statements
regarding the future activities of the five top Taliban prisoners he
released. He was asked if it was possible the five would re-enter the war
zone and again mount attacks on American citizens? He replied, "Absolutely."
The President had to know that based on former data regarding recidivism of
former prisoners returning to the war effort from the enemy making attacks
on Americans, these five would in his words, "Absolutely" return to their
former ways and place Americans in grave danger henceforth.

The President has repeatedly played politics
with the Congress of the United States. He politicizes everything,
parsing his words even to the point of not telling the truth. There
have been countless instances of his end-runs around Congress,
unilaterally changing laws without Congressional authority, looking
the other way regarding implementing laws such as instituting the
"Dream Act" that had been voted down by Congress, changing the laws
at least 38 times relative to the implementation of Obamacare.

In addition to the politicizing of issues where the President
refuses to notify Congress, there have been many weeks of one
scandal after another. The IRS targeting groups the President thinks
are a danger to his re-election efforts being investigated and
reviewed for months on end to prevent them from having the ability
to do their legal business. The NSA collecting meta-data to have
available not just about all Americans, but world leaders as well.
The fast and furious gun-running scandal that has never been
completely investigated. The killing of an American Ambassador and
three other Americans in Benghazi that has been met by the
Administration with stonewalling the investigation process. The
Veterans' Administration Hospital scandal where veterans have died
because of "secret waiting lists" and military veterans not
receiving the services and treatment needed. And now, this scandal
of releasing known affiliates with the Taliban who "absolutely" will
return to the war effort siding back with the Taliban to plan and
execute attacks on American citizens; all without compliance with
the law that required at least a 30-day notice to Congress before it
happened.

It appears the politicians seemingly are not doing very much about
these issues. The President promised in his 2007 and 2008 run-up to
the election of his first term that he was going to "fundamentally
change America." He has done that and more. It is time the Congress
do something other than accept the politicking and grumble about
what he is doing. They have the Constitutional power to take action
against a President who appears to be bordering on committing "high
crimes." They need to quit the speeches and pontificating and take
the action under the Constitution that is required of them. The
people of the United States need to insist on it.